When comparing LattePanda 4G/64GB vs Tessel 2, the Slant community recommends LattePanda 4G/64GB for most people. In the question“What are the best single-board computers?”LattePanda 4G/64GB is ranked 15th while Tessel 2 is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose LattePanda 4G/64GB is:

Pros

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USB 3.0 available

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Can function as a day-to-day PC

Lattepanda comes with a full Windows 10 installation. While by no means a powerhouse it can easily deal with daily tasks such as checking email, editing documents and browsing the web.

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Arduino-compatible

The Lattepanda has a Arduino-compatible coprocessor for any projects which involve an Arduino.

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Integrated WiFi and Bluetooth

WiFi and Bluetooth are integrated on the board so your USBs are available for other peripherals.

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HDMI plus LCD and touch ports

On the LattePanda you have the choice of the HDMI output for a normal style monitor screen or you can buy the little 7" LCD and if you wish, the touch-screen option which means you free up the HDMI feed for other tasks such as playing a movie file etc.

This also gives you the option of not having to plug in a USB keyboard because the LattePanda will default to providing a touch-screen keyboard style interface via the combination touch-screen and LCD.

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Tablet mode enabled (by code)

With the Atom Cherrytail, you could attach the board to a touchscreen to create an ultimate Surface Pro experience (except for the fact that it doesn't have a camera).

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Can fit most Raspberry Pi cases

Since it's almost the same size a the Raspberry Pi 3, it can fit inside most of the cases built for the Pi.

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Full Windows 10

Comes pre-installed with a full edition of Windows 10, including powerful tools such as Visual Studio, NodeJS, Java, Processing, and more.

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System installed on internal flash

System is installed on eMMC rather than an SD card like other SBCs. This means no extra physical components are required in order to get the computer to boot.

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Faster than most other single-board computers

The 64-bit Intel Atom system-on-a-chip used in the LattePanda board offers greater processing power in comparison to ARM-based single-board computers.

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NodeJS support out of the box

Out of the box it supports Node 4.x LTS and doesn't require any setup to use it.

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Co-processor system

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Programmable via USB or Wifi

The process for deploying software, whether it's JavaScript, Python or Rust, is exposed the same way for both USB and Wifi connections.

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Easy to get started with

The Tessel 2's "Getting Started" experience requires little more than installing Node.js and a single package (the CLI) via npm. Complete walkthroughs for Linux, Mac and Windows are available and up-to-date

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Cons

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Only Windows 10 is officially supported

While it may work with other OSes such as Linux or Android, it has no official images for these operating systems and may have compatibility issues.

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Throttles due to poor heatsinks

This thing throttles down to 400 MHz due to poor cooling thus making it useless without some knowledge of computer building and modification.

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No support for HDMI-CEC

When you connect it to a TV or projector it sometimes requires extra manual settings on the output device, such as for viewing 3D. Also, you can not control the player on this board with your TV or projector remote via HDMI-CEC.

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Very little memory

64 megabytes of RAM. This places it more in line with an Arduino style board than a SBC on the level of Raspberry Pi.

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